The two new epimeric (1S, 2S, 7R, 8aS)-and (1S, 2S, 7S, 8aS)-1, 2, 7- trihydroxyoctahydroindolizines4 and 5 have been synthesized via methylenecyclopropane- nitrone cycloaddition-rearrangement methodology employing an enantiomerically pure l- tartaric acid derived nitrone 7b. Highly stereoselective reductions of the intermediate indolizidinone 10b and final deprotection furnished the two title indolizidinetriols 4 and 5, ...